Ultimate Fighter season 12 contestant Cody McKenzie has been forced out of his UFC 130 fight with an injury, and Brazilian Gleison Tibau is likely to step in and replace him in facing veteran Bart Palaszewski.

The UFC confirmed that Tibau has verbally agreed to the bout.

McKenzie (12-1) has split his two fights in the UFC octagon, winning his debut with his trademark guillotine choke variation before dropping his most recent fight in a technical submission to Yves Edwards.

Bart is going to get destroyed....Gleison has the chin and other than in pure boxing aspect has more skills everywhere this fight can and will take place. I actually thought Bart was at 145 as well....he just doesn't have the ground skills (IMO) to be successful in the UFC.